Many of you will already know that I’m a big fan of Jenny O’Brien and she is my go-to romance author whenever I need something that will emotionally ruin me as a human being. When she released her new children’s series, I was keen to see how her skills translated into this very different genre. I’m obviously not the intended age group (7-13 year olds) but I’m a curious creature.

So far, there are two books in this new Dai Monday series:

Brainy Boy

Dai Monday is being bullied, but what does he expect with a name like Die! He doesn’t think life can get any worse and then it does.

He’s sent on a mission to find the last Welsh Princess of Wales’s crown by the ghost of King Arthur – a crown that’s been missing for centuries.

Granny’s Gone AWOL

Some Grannies are amazing at just being grannies. But not Granny Gosh. Granny Gosh thinks nothing of roaring around Guernsey on her Harley Davidson with her purple dreadlocks and Doc Martens.

But one day Granny gets old and the next…boom…she’s disappeared into thin air or have aliens swooped down to get her?

Dai Monday and his best friend, Win, soon go on a granny hunt. It’s all going well until the ghost of King Arthur shows up and starts interfering… Continue reading